Greg Avis

Integrated Systems provides software, tools and engineering services for the embedded systems market. Its popular real-time operating system, pSOS+®, is currently deployed in over 38 million devices worldwide, primarily in telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace and Internet services. The company was located in Alameda, CA.

Quick Eagle Networks,Inc. provides innovative wide area network access solutions for broadband applications. Its customers include Boeing, Wells Fargo, MCI, Sprint, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. The company was founded by Vinita Gupta in May 1985 and is located in Mountain View, CA.

TGV Software, Inc. develops, markets and supports TCP/IP internetworking software products which enable connectivity between disparate computer systems over local area, enterprise-wide and global computing networks. TGV's principal product line is marketed under the name of MultiNet. MultiNet for Windows integrates a robust suite of TCP/IP applications including a 32-bit VxD kernel, NFS client, FTP client and server, VT100-320 and TN3270 emulations, network printing, Pronto Mail V2.0 electronic mail, Enhanced Mosaic V2.1 web browser and network diagnostics. It is located in San Jose, CA.

Splash Technology Holdings, Inc. developed color servers that provide a link between desktop computers and digital color laser copiers. The company provided image scanning, image manipulation, printing and photocopying equipment services. It operated through divisions in Europe, Africa, South America, Japan, Asia Pacific and the United States. Splash Technology Holdings was founded in December 1995 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Powerwave Technologies, Inc. supplies end-to-end wireless solutions for wireless communications networks. The company was founded on January 2, 1985 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Takara Bio USA, Inc. helps to accelerate the discovery process by providing pioneering tools that enable researchers to ask new questions and investigate ever more complex systems than was previously possible. With more than 5,000 literature citations, its innovative products and services continue to facilitate advancement in areas such as genomics, cancer research, apoptosis, cytogenetics, developmental genetics, cellular physiology, pharmocogenetics, and neurobiology.

RightNow Technologies, Inc. provides customer relationship management software and services. The company offers RightNow CX, a customer experience suite for consumer-centric organizations to enable interactions across Web, social, and contact center touch points. Its RightNow CX suite includes RightNow Web Experience, which integrates into an existing Web infrastructure to provide an online customer experience providing customer access to Web self-service; RightNow Social Experience that enables organizations to listen and respond to conversations with their consumers on the social Web and to build branded communities to cultivate their own conversations; RightNow Contact Center Experience, which enables organizations to deliver consistent customer experiences across multi-channel interactions; RightNow Engage, which provides horizontal service, sales, and marketing business processes that support, span, and inter-connect the Web, social, and contact center experiences; RightNow CX Cloud Platform that provides a platform for scalability, performance, flexibility, and security; RightNow Mission Critical Operations, a cloud delivery platform; and RightNow CX Commitment, which describes the way to deliver a customer experience. The company also provides professional services, including project management and consulting services. It serves various industries, such as technology, public sector, retail/consumer packaged goods, entertainment, financial services, telecommunication, and travel and hospitality industries. The company was founded in September 1997 by Greg R. Gianforte and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.